Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before, Vol. 1 - Out May 19

[zachary_storm]

...and warren zevon (who i dont know!)

Really? You've never heard Werewolves Of London?

Remember, there are meant to be three as yet unidentified tracks to be added when the CD comes out.

o yeh! course i have!

i thought when i was typing it i've probly heard somethign by him without realising but that post was long enough without me chatting shit a bit more! haha! yeh! i have heard that before!

aye yeh... forgot about them 3 extra tracks... but i still think they shoulda gone for full-on mainstream bands covers album!

[Ean]

I can see your point, but they've never said: "Let's do what the fans want". It'd get a bit dull if they ever did and stopped trying to surprise us. There's no point in them picking a bunch of covers because they think they'll match the fanbase. Firstly, it won't work bacause you can be sure the songs I'd like to hear them cover won't be the same as the ones you want and, secondly, you can tell a mile off when someone's playing a song that doesn't mean something to them - there's no heart in it.

I'd never heard Jason And The Scorchers until they started doing White Lies live, and the Tourists cover on Anthem was excellent, and I've since dug out their stuff.

They already did Cheap Trick with the last set of covers too.

There's always room for a few great left-field covers.

[spoon_of_grimbo]

i read somewhere that the idea behind the covers album was to introduce their fans to more bands that they might not have previously heard of.

[Master Bra'tac]

...and warren zevon (who i dont know!)

Really? You've never heard Werewolves Of London?

Remember, there are meant to be three as yet unidentified tracks to be added when the CD comes out.

I would guess that Warren Zevon is by far the most well known artist of the bunch.

[SpikyDave]

I would guess that Warren Zevon is by far the most well known artist of the bunch.

Oddly enough, I knew nothing about Warren Zevon (apart from having heard the name) until I saw the YouTube vid a few posts back. I've been a SFA fan for years & Ice Hockey Hair is my favourite tune of theirs, Lee Harvey Oswald Band's 'Blastronaut' is one of my favourite pure R'n'R albums & I love Baby Chaos & all of Chris Gordon's subsequent incarnations. However, the rest is all pretty new to me so I'm sure it'll lead me to check out some good new music.

That's why I like the idea of this album - I'll find out about some music I didn't already know about, which I guess was the idea in the first place.

[Master Bra'tac]

I would guess that Warren Zevon is by far the most well known artist of the bunch.

Oddly enough, I knew nothing about Warren Zevon (apart from having heard the name) until I saw the YouTube vid a few posts back. I've been a SFA fan for years & Ice Hockey Hair is my favourite tune of theirs, Lee Harvey Oswald Band's 'Blastronaut' is one of my favourite pure R'n'R albums & I love Baby Chaos & all of Chris Gordon's subsequent incarnations. However, the rest is all pretty new to me so I'm sure it'll lead me to check out some good new music.

That's why I like the idea of this album - I'll find out about some music I didn't already know about, which I guess was the idea in the first place.

Be sure to check out the other vidoes. Everyone should own a Warren Zevon Best of. The albums are a bit uneven, but he had several very good songs. I don't even particularly care for Wherewolves. Check out:

Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
Excitable Boy
Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Mr. Bad Example
Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me
Splendid Isolation

[Soundog]

Be sure to check out the other vidoes. Everyone should own a Warren Zevon Best of. The albums are a bit uneven, but he had several very good songs. I don't even particularly care for Wherewolves. Check out:

Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
Excitable Boy
Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Mr. Bad Example
Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me
Splendid Isolation

I was thrilled to see Warren Zevon covered (I mean, he's been covered by Bob Dylan, Springsteen and others before, but The Wildhearts - what an honour), but at the same time there are heaps of Zevon songs I would've rather seen on this than Carmelita. Must be the heroin line in the chorus.

Besides the songs mentioned above, be sure to check out

Play It All Night Long
Boom Boom Mancini
Stand In The Fire
Detox Mansion
Life'll Kill Ya
Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School

[seventieslord]

Everything I've heard by Warren Zevon is great. It's highly limited, mind you. Just songs that have been mentioned on this page. But I agree, everyone should get a best-of.

I'm really looking forward to this album. There is only one song I've ever heard before (Ice Hockey Hair) so it's going to feel like new Wildhearts material for a while. And I am sure it will open a few new doors too.

I hope they Wildheart-up the songs and not just duplicate them. A couple crazy riffage-filled middle sections, though expected by now, would be just glorious on a covers album where they "technically" don't belong.

[dweezil]

Be sure to check out the other vidoes. Everyone should own a Warren Zevon Best of. The albums are a bit uneven, but he had several very good songs. I don't even particularly care for Wherewolves. Check out:

Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
Excitable Boy
Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Mr. Bad Example
Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me
Splendid Isolation

I was thrilled to see Warren Zevon covered (I mean, he's been covered by Bob Dylan, Springsteen and others before, but The Wildhearts - what an honour), but at the same time there are heaps of Zevon songs I would've rather seen on this than Carmelita. Must be the heroin line in the chorus.

Besides the songs mentioned above, be sure to check out

Play It All Night Long
Boom Boom Mancini
Stand In The Fire
Detox Mansion
Life'll Kill Ya
Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School

I would have LOVED to hear The Wildhearts tackle "Sentimental Hygiene"... they could have turned that one into a riff-a-thon.

To the US fans... while Zevon maybe the most popular artist, the most 'popular' track on the record is the Toadies song... for about 12 months around 1995-6, you couldn't get away from it.... and I still hate it to this day.

Any guesses on who sings "Unsung"??

[markE]

Be sure to check out the other vidoes. Everyone should own a Warren Zevon Best of. The albums are a bit uneven, but he had several very good songs. I don't even particularly care for Wherewolves. Check out:

Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
Excitable Boy
Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Mr. Bad Example
Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me
Splendid Isolation

I was thrilled to see Warren Zevon covered (I mean, he's been covered by Bob Dylan, Springsteen and others before, but The Wildhearts - what an honour), but at the same time there are heaps of Zevon songs I would've rather seen on this than Carmelita. Must be the heroin line in the chorus.

Besides the songs mentioned above, be sure to check out

Play It All Night Long
Boom Boom Mancini
Stand In The Fire
Detox Mansion
Life'll Kill Ya
Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School

I would have LOVED to hear The Wildhearts tackle "Sentimental Hygiene"... they could have turned that one into a riff-a-thon.

To the US fans... while Zevon maybe the most popular artist, the most 'popular' track on the record is the Toadies song... for about 12 months around 1995-6, you couldn't get away from it.... and I still hate it to this day.
Any guesses on who sings "Unsung"??

eh?

[Evrlone]

Yeah, the Toadies song was on the radio here all the time. I still like it and i'm looking forward to hearing The Wildhearts version. Also looking forward to Unsung and Waiting Room.
I don't have a problem with this album because I know they'll put their own stamp on the songs. Look at Cheers, who ever thought that could be done so good.

[whatevermort]

I can't wait to hear Unsung, Waiting Room, Ice Hockey Hair, Rocket 69, Possum Kingdom, Rearrange You and Carmelita. I don't know the rest, so they will be a lovely surprise, I'm sure.

Incidentally, I do wonder if the cover of Carmelita isn't because of GG Allin rather than Warren Zevon? Not doubting that they are Zevon fans, but I seem to recall Ginger raving about the GG Allin documentary years and years ago (probably in Kerrang?) and in that, the saddest moment of the film is when Allin, all strung out on heroin, sings a cover of Carmelia for the first time and, awful a performance as it is, it's actually really quite sad.

[my3dtvtan]

Hmm so each member appears on vocals? Im guessing...

Unsung - Scott
The World Comes Tumblin' - Ginger? (who the hell could do Brody?)
Understanding Jane - Ginger (obv)
Waiting Room - Scott
Geez Louise - Rich
Ice Hockey Hair - Cj
Rocket 69 - Rich
Possum Kingdom - Ginger (poss CJ)
Re-arrange You - Ginger
Pep Talk - Cj
Battleship Chains - Ginger
Carmelita - Ginger

What does anyone else think? That seems pretty accurate to me. Really exited about this now

[Sarc]

I was under the impression they where gonna be doing vocals on four songs each?
Mind you with the extra three tracks un-announced that could upset the balance a bit unless one of them's Especially For You by Kylie and Jason and two of the fellas perform a duet? Although having said that I'm not sure how comfortable I'd be listenng to Ritchie sing "I've waited long enough to find you, I wanna put all the hurt behind you, And I wanna bring out all the love inside you" to Ginger or Cj singing "You were in my heart, My love never changed, No more dreaming about tomorrow, Forget the loneliness and the sorrow I've got to say, It's all because of you" to Scott

Although considering how many times the band have split and reformed that we know of, who says there hasnt been any that we dont know of, the chorus seems to fit scarily well

"And now we're back together, togetherI wanna show you my heart is oh so true
And all the love I have is, Especially for you"

Its tuesday, theres fuck all on the tellybox I'm board and thats my excuse for looking up the lyrics to that song.

[Ean]

Hah! Like you didn't already know them.